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NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti wavered Monday when asked whether he plans to take the witness stand in his own defense at a fraud trial in which he's accused of stealing $300,000 in book proceeds from porn actor Stormy Daniels.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,098.29, up 356.54 points.) Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up 74 cents, or 1.4 per cent, to $53.74 on 12.1 million shares.

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized Monday after an inquiry found that Downing Street parties while Britain was in lockdown represented a “serious failure” to observe the standards expected of government or to heed the sacrifices ma

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index had its best day of the year to end a volatile January that saw strength of the energy sector provide insulation from the punishing impact of a weaker tech sector.

CHICAGO (AP) — The combination of two storied Chicago news brands has created one of the country's largest local nonprofit news organizations.

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — PlayStation-maker Sony is escalating its competition with Xbox-maker Microsoft by buying the video game studio behind one of Xbox's hit games. Sony Interactive Entertainment said Monday it would spend $3.

The highly transmissible Omicron variant has prompted companies in the manufacturing and resource sectors to downgrade their earnings forecasts amid ongoing uncertainty linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cascades Inc.

NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify is pledging to combat the spread of COVID-19 misinformation as part of a damage-control campaign sparked by musician Neil Young , who called out the streaming service’s top podcaster for amplifying vaccine skepticism.